swiggs

hello everyone,i am a 51 yr male (ARMY) . i fell off a tank in Fort Polk Luissianna in 1982 in the motorpool in preperations for deployment to Ft. Irwin California for desert training in reference to Lebanon. i landed flat on my back unbeknownst that i had permantly injured it. fast forward to 2010, i had surgery on my low back,4 vertabre fused,4 rods a plate & screws installed . the VA said that it needed to be fixed because of my injury in the military.i filed a claim for benefits through my VSOoffice .filed the claim in 2010 denial of course, i appealed the decision and gave them all the information they wanted but for some reason the TMC (troop medical clinic) report of my fall had just dissapeared.i am disabled , i had to stop working in my carerer (welding) my legs go out from under me at unannounced times which causes me to fall, risking injury to my lower back appliances, operating again is not an option because the risk of paralization to my legs . the VA pays me travel pay to my appointments no co-pay on meds & so on.Im treated like im 100% but the federal government has yet to compensate me for my DISABILITY.my wife who is also a veteran of the Army has had to resign her position at the VA medical center where she had worked for a number of years to become my caretaker because of my falling.I recieve SSI but as anyone knows it does not pay the bills.my question is ,what options do we have to get the government to recoginize and pay me for my very lagitiment disability &what programs are availble to my wife for being my caretaker in the form of compensation for her?social services has no help for two army veterans , they did offer $15 food stamps, no thanks! we are just VERY frustrated with this whole fight !! i have worked my whole life just to hit the proverbial wall of dead end . im pleading with anyone that has a glimmer of hope to my questions. thank you,! Swiggs. God bless all my military brothers & sisters .